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SPI/Filmbox channels come to Africa’s Zip TV

October 26, 2016 15.18 Europe/London By Robert Briel

PrintSPI International/Filmbox Channels Group has launched its “eight channel pack” on Zip TV, a new IPTV platform in Africa.

The pack is comprised of eight movie and thematic channels: FilmBox, FilmBox Art House, FightBox, Fast&FunBox, FashionBox, DocuBox, 360TuneBox and Gametoon.

The deal was sealed with an agreement which the global TV operator signed with Broadband Home Ltd.

ZipTV is abnIPTV platform in Africa, employing OTT and STB models; and is a product of Broadband Home Limited, Ghana’s first wireless internet/broadband wireless access provider.

The platform, which the promoters intend to go global with, has TVOD, SVOD, linear, electronic games, and a search engine for popular entertainment, restaurants, hospitality sites in Ghana.

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Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: Africa, Filmbox, SPI, ZipTV Edited: 26 October 2016 15:23

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